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MEDICAL ENGINEERING & PHYSICS
Volume 46, Issue -, Pages 27-32Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2017.05.004
Keywords
Interspinous spacer; Finite element method; Spine biomechanics; Implant design
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- National Science Council of Taiwan
- Taiwan, Food and Drug Administration
- NSC [103-2321-B-010-030, 103-2320-B-010-004-MY3, 102TFDA-JFDA-203]
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Interspinous spacers have been designed to provide a minimally invasive surgical technique for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis or foraminal stenosis. A novel pedicle screw-based interspinous spacer has been developed in this study, and the aim of this finite element experiment was to investigate the biomechanical differences between the pedicle screw-based interspinous spacer (M-rod system) and the typical interspinous spacer (Coflex-F (TM)). A validated finite element model of an intact lumbar spine was used to analyze the insertions of the Coflex-F (TM), titanium alloy M-rod (M-Ti), and polyetheretherketone M-rod (M-PEEK), independently. The range of motion (ROM) between each vertebrae, stiffness of the implanted level, the peak stress at the intervertebral discs, and the contact forces on spinous process were analyzed. Of all three devices, the Coflex-F (TM) provided the largest restrictions in extension, flexion and lateral bending. For intervertebral disc, the peak stress at the implanted segment decreased by 81% in the Coflex-F (TM), 60.2% in the M-Ti and 46.7% in the M-PEEK when compared to the intact model. For the adjacent segments, while the Coflex-F (TM) caused considerable increases in the ROM and disc stress, the M-PEEK only had small changes. (C) 2017 IPEM. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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